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BBC Television Centre
|BBC Television Centre
One of the largest such facilities in the world
|General information
|Television broadcast facilitiess
|West side of Wood Lane (A219) in White City, opposite Wood Lane tube station
|White City, W12 7RJ
|United Kingdom
|51°30′36″N 0°13′35″W / 51.5099°N 0.2263°WCoordinates: 51°30′36″N 0°13′35″W / 51.5099°N 0.2263°W
|6 m (20 ft)
|29 June 1960
|29 June 1960
|2013–15 (due to be complete by 2020)
|31 March 2013
adjusted by inflation: £102m
|Stanhope plc
|Technical details
|Floor count
|8 (above ground)
|Floor area
|5.7 hectares (14 acres)
|Design and construction
|Graham Dawbarn
|Architecture firm
|Norman & Dawbarn
|Structural engineer
|Mr Marmaduke T Tudsbery
|Main contractor
|Higgs and Hill (superstructure), George Wimpey (foundations)
The BBC Television Centre at White City in West London was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it is one of the most readily recognisable facilities of its type, having appeared as the backdrop for many BBC programmes. Parts of the building are Grade II listed, including the central ring and Studio 1. Most of the BBC's national television and radio news output came from the Television Centre (TVC) with most recorded television output from the nearby Broadcast Centre at 201 Wood Lane, care of Red Bee Media. Live television events from studios and routing of national and international sporting events took place within the Television Centre before being passed to the Broadcast Centre for transmission.
It was announced on 21 September 2010 that the BBC would cease broadcasting from the Television Centre in 2013.[1] On 13 June 2011 the BBC announced that the Television Centre was on the market, and that it was 'inviting bid proposals from people looking for a conventional, freehold property or those interested in a joint venture', suggesting that it may yet remain connected to the BBC.[2] The radio and television news departments moved to Broadcasting House in central London, the home of BBC Radio, as part of a reorganisation. On 16 July 2012 it was announced that the complex had been sold to property developers Stanhope plc for around £200 million.[3]
BBC News moved to new facilities in Broadcasting House on 18 March 2013, but the building remained in active use with many programmes filming in the studios until it closed officially on 31 March 2013. It was one of the largest such facilities in the world and was the second oldest operating television studio in the United Kingdom, after Granada Studios, where the BBC's main commercial rival, Granada Television, was based for many decades.[4]
The building is 4 miles (6.4 km) west of central London. The nearest Underground stations are White City and Wood Lane. The building is in the parish of St Michael and St George, White City.[5]
- 1 History
- 2 The building
- 2.1 Circular shape
- 2.2 Design
- 2.3 Studios
- 2.4 Infrastructure
- 2.5 Listed status
- 3 Future uses
- 4 Major events
- 5 References
- 6 External links
On Friday 1 April 1949, Norman Collins, the Controller of the BBC Television Service, announced at the Television Society's annual dinner at the Waldorf Hotel that a new TV centre would be built in Shepherd's Bush. Transmissions at the time came from Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove Studios (from 1949), and had very few television transmitters. It was to be the largest television centre in the world.[6] Riverside Studios in Hammersmith were used from 1954.[6]
It was planned to be 6 acres (2.4 ha), but turned out to be twice as big. On 24 August 1956 the main contract was awarded to Higgs and Hill, which built The London Studios (ITV) in 1972. The building was planned to cost £9m.[6]
When it opened, the Director of BBC television was Gerald Beadle, and the first programme broadcast was First Night with David Nixon in Studio Three.[7]
In 1997 the BBC News Centre was opened, in a new complex at the front of the building.[8] The decision to move radio news to this building was attributed to Director General John Birt, a move that was resisted by the managing director of BBC Radio, Liz Forgan, who resigned after failing to dissuade the governors.[citation needed] Birt's decision caused problems, for example some politicians accustomed to travelling to interviews at Broadcasting House were reluctant to make the journey to White City,[citation needed] despite being only 4 1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) west.
The building[edit]
Circular shape[edit]
The building featured a central circular block (officially known as the Main Block, but often referred to by staff as the "doughnut") around which were studios, offices, engineering areas and the News Centre. In the centre of the main block was a statue designed by T.B. Huxley-Jones of Helios, the Greek god of the sun, to symbolise the radiation of television around the world. At the foot of the statue were two reclining figures, symbolising sound and vision, the components of television. It was originally a fountain, but owing to the building's unique shape it was too noisy for the staff in the overlooking offices, and there were problems with water leakage into the videotape area directly beneath. Even though there was a foundation stone marked 'BBC 1956' in the basement of the main building, construction began in 1951.[9] Various extensions have been added.
Increasingly the BBC had to seek accommodation elsewhere, such as the nearby BBC White City complex comprising White City One, a 25,000 square metre office building, and the adjacent Broadcast and Media Centres. With the migration of staff and functions to complexes in Salford and London W1, White City One was mothballed in March 2013.
The overall design from the air appeared to resemble a question mark in shape. The architect, Graham Dawbarn CBE (Norman & Dawbarn), drew a question mark on an envelope (now held by the BBC Written Archives Centre) while thinking about the design of the building, and realised that it would be an ideal shape for the site.[10] An article in The BBC Quarterly, July 1946, proposed a circular design, several years before Dawbarn drew up his plans.
The building was commissioned in 1949 with work starting in 1950. However, government restrictions on building through its loan sanction and licensing of materials ensured that building was halted until 1953, so the BBC remodelled the former Gaumont Studios at Lime Grove, the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and in 1953, Shepherd's Bush Empire. Work resumed in 1953 on the TVC scenery block (Stage 1) and work began in 1954 on the canteen block (Stage 2), which doubled as a rehearsal space.
Work on Stage 3, the central circular office block and studios, began in March 1955 on TC4, 5 and 2. The shells of TC1, TC6 and TC7 were constructed around the same time but they were not fitted out until a few years later. BBC Television Centre officially opened with TC3 operational on 29 June 1960.[11]
Arthur Hayes worked on the building from 1956 to 1970 and was responsible for the creation of the iconic 'BBC Television Centre' lettering on the façade of Studio 1. The lettering was later used all over the building, even in tile work outside lift entrances. Demands from Broadcasting House meant that Hayes had less time than he had thought to design a decor for the façade, leading to him puncturing a scale foam model of the wall with drawing pins, and thus the birth of the iconic 'Atomic Dots': there are 26 across the façade of Studio 1, each one backlit and clearly visible at night.
The centre's studios were[when?] run by BBC Studios and Post Production, a wholly owned commercial subsidiary. The studios were numerous and varying in size. All studios were often abbreviated to initials, such as TC1 (Television Centre 1) for Studio 1.
The studios hosted a wide variety of TV programmes for a range of broadcasters, including Strictly Come Dancing, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Match of the Day, Later with Jools, Miranda, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, The Armstrong and Miller Show and 8 out of 10 Cats, and big complex live productions such as Children in Need and Comic Relief. Over the years they were home to some of the world's most famous TV programmes including Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Blue Peter, Absolutely Fabulous, classic Doctor Who and most of the best known BBC drama series. From the 1980s the use of the complex for such productions rapidly declined with the last major drama series to be shot there being The House of Eliott,[12] which ended in 1994, and the last single drama recorded was Henry IV, Part 1, in 1995.[13][14] This was because drama production moved almost entirely onto film or single-camera video, and Television Centre was a video-based, multi-camera production environment.[15]
At 7 pm on 22 March 2013, a special edition of The One Show was broadcast from the front of Television Centre followed by the building's last live broadcast Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre and special programming to mark the end of the BBC at TVC, with the official last day at the end of that month.
In April 2013 a campaign was started to keep studios TC1 to TC8 open.[16]
Studio 0[edit]
117 square metres (1260 ft²)
Opened in 1989, productions included for UK Play and during its later life was equipped for producing virtual reality programmes. It was home to Liquid News between 2000 and 2002 and CBeebies invision continuity between 2002 and 2008. After that it was used by BBC Research
Studio 1[edit]
995 square metres (10,250 ft²)
Opened on 15 April 1964 and was the fourth largest television studio in Britain (following The Fountain Studios' Studio A&B, MediaCityUK's Studio 1 and The Maidstone Studios' Studio 5), and was equipped for HDTV production (as were Studio Four, Studio Six and Studio Eight)[17]
Studio 2[edit]
223 square metres (2,400 ft²)
Opened in late 1960, it housed comedy programmes such as That Was The Week That Was. It was not converted to colour and closed in 1969, with the space being used as storage, but reopened in 1981. It was used by BBC News until they moved in 1997, and has played host to the Sport and Children's department. It was the main studio used for Blue Peter for the 2007 and 2008 series. It was vacated following the move of both departments to MediaCityUK
Studio 3[edit]
594 square metres (6,390 ft²)
Opened on 29 June 1960. It was designed as a drama studio and had panels and fittings that made it customised. The walls were slightly thicker, so it could block out the noise from the Hammersmith & City line of the London Underground. It housed the first programme and was the first studio to be completed. It was upgraded to colour in 1969
Studio 4[edit]
585 square metres (6,300 ft²)
Opened in January 1961, TC4 was similar in design and layout to its neighbour, TC3. It was designed as a light entertainment studio and contained a rather unusual sound system called ambiophony. It was upgraded to colour in 1970 and to HD and surround sound in 2008. It was home to many BBC sitcoms and the cancelled talk show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
Programmes recorded or transmitted included:
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Later... with Jools Holland
- Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- A Question of Sport
- Celebrity Mastermind
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Room 101
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Noel's House Party
- Parkinson
- Dead Ringers
- Little Britain
- Clarkson
- Record Breakers
- Only Fools and Horses
- Blackadder
- The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off
- The Paul Daniels Magic Show
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The National Lottery: In It to Win It
- The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson
- The Forsyte Saga
- Blue Peter
- Yes, Prime Minister
- Z-Cars
- Play for Today
- Golden Balls
- Top of the Pops
Studio 5[edit]
223 square metres (2,400 ft²)
Opened in August 1961, it was used for the first half of its life by broadcasts from BBC Schools. There was an adjacent area used for schools programming that linked in with the studio. It was converted to colour around 1973, about the same time as schools broadcasts as a whole. It was closed briefly during the mid-1980s, and reopened in 1987 following a two-year refurbishment. It was the home of BBC Sport's programmes until 2012 when the Sports department moved to MediaCityUK.
Programmes recorded or transmitted included:
Studio 6[edit]
598 square metres (6,440 ft²)
Opened in July 1967 to coincide with BBC Two's switch to colour. It was the first to be equipped with colour cameras. It was a strange design: it was originally to be split in two by a large removable wall, but this idea was abandoned. The gallery was moved in 1993 and the old gallery became home to the BBC Red Button control room. Upgraded to HD in July 2010, the first 3D capable studio in the UK. Home to children's programmes Live & Kicking and Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, and Pointless.
Programmes recorded or transmitted included:
- Pointless
- Mock the Week
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Alan Carr: Chatty Man
- The Paul O'Grady Show
- 8 Out of 10 Cats
- 10 O'Clock Live
- Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
- Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind Up
- Live & Kicking
- The Saturday Show
- Dick & Dom in da Bungalow
- The Liver Birds
- My Family
- Pennies from Heaven
- Doctor Who
- The Good Life
- The Goodies
- Rentaghost
- Blue Peter
- Juliet Bravo
- Bomber Harris
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie
- They Think It's All Over
- Rory Bremner
- Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
- Red Dwarf
Studio 7[edit]
223 square metres (2,400 ft²)
Opened in 1962 and was used for a variety of programmes. Home to children's programming such as Going Live!, before being home to BBC News in 1997. It was the home of the BBC Breakfast programme until 2012 and the BBC News at Six bulletin until 2013, with other bulletins based at N6 in the News Centre. It was vacated on 15 March 2013, following the refit of the extension to Broadcasting House, to where the BBC News department and newsroom moved.
Programmes recorded or transmitted included:
- Business Breakfast
- BBC Breakfast
- Working Lunch
- HARDtalk
- Newsround
- Sportsround
- Newsnight
- Newsnight Review
- Match of the Day Kickabout
- The Andrew Marr Show
- Breakfast with Frost
- On the Record
- The Politics Show
- BBC News at Six
- Swap Shop
- Saturday Superstore
- Going Live
- Butterflies
- To the Manor Born
- Play School
- Bob's Full House
- ChuckleVision
- Shooting Stars
- The Stand Up Show
- The Late Show
- Bodger & Badger
Studio 8[edit]
602 square metres (6,480 ft²)
Opened in 1967, noted as the best studio for television producers to use. It was the size that most programmes wanted and, building on the experience when building the other studios, was the best. The galleries and studios were laid out perfectly and in a layout producers liked. It became the studio for comedy and sitcoms, because of its audience seating arrangements and size. It was converted to HD in January 2007
Programmes recorded or transmitted included:
- Miranda
- Not Going Out
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Tipping Point
- A Question of Sport
- Piers Morgan's Life Stories
- Five Minutes to a Fortune
- Pets Nation
- Morecambe & Wise
- The Dick Emery Show
- Sykes
- The Two Ronnies
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Are You Being Served?
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum
- Open All Hours
- Citizen Smith
- Up Pompeii
- Porridge
- In Sickness and in Health
- The Les Dawson Show
- Fawlty Towers
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
- Not the Nine O'Clock News
- Blankety Blank
- Bread
- Hi-de-Hi!
- The Russ Abbot Show
- Alas Smith and Jones
- 'Allo 'Allo
- Birds of a Feather
- May to December
- Just Good Friends
- Hole in the Wall
- Ever Decreasing Circles
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- French and Saunders
- One Foot in the Grave
- Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
- Dinnerladies
- Auntie's Bloomers
- The National Lottery Draws
- The Catherine Tate Show
Studio 9[edit]
84 square metres (900 ft²)
Built in 1955 as a foyer area of the restaurant block, becoming a store area, converted to a studio in 1996 for Children's BBC. The location was highly convenient: it allowed the invision continuity to be relocated from the "broom cupboard" (Continuity Announcer's booth) to a roomier studio. It opened onto the Blue Peter Garden allowing presentation to take place there. It was an odd shape, and was used for invision continuity for CBBC until 2004, when they broadcast links for the CBBC Channel only. All invision continuity was dropped in 2006, and it was used for programmes such as Sam & Mark's TMi Friday and SMart.
Studio 10[edit]
111 square metres (1200 ft²)
Built as N1 in 1969, it was used for the BBC1 daytime news bulletins, and the home of BBC World (previously BBC World Service News) from 1993. Closed in spring 1999 when news bulletins moved to the News Centre section of Television Centre, and renamed as TC10. Used for some programmes by channel UK Play until the station's closure. Between 2004 and 2006 it was used for invision continuity for CBBC on BBC One and BBC Two, before being used by some programming for CBBC such as Level Up. From 2010 to 2011 it was the home of CBeebies.
Studio 11[edit]
186 square metres (2000 ft²)
Built as N2 in 1969, it was used for the BBC2 daytime news bulletins. Extended in 1985 to include props store and adjacent lobby, it became home to the Six O'Clock and Nine O'Clock News. In spring 1999, following the completion of the News Centre spur of Television Centre, the news moved out and it was renamed TC11. In 2002 it became home to Liquid News and later to the other BBC Three news programmes 60 Seconds and The 7 O'Clock News. It briefly played host to the domestic BBC News bulletins while their studios were refurbished in 2006, before becoming general purpose. It was home to Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two until December 2011.
Studio 12[edit]
56 square metres (600 ft²)
Originally a music store, converted into a studio in 2004 for CBBC programmes. Used for Sportsround for some years, but converted into presentation studio in 2006. Used for invision continuity for CBBC and changed into an invision continuity studio in summer 2007. The set was transferred to a mini studio in the East Tower. It was used by BBC Research[18]
Pres A[edit]
65 square metres (704 ft²)
Opened in 1960, designed for in-vision continuity for BBC 1, but was used as such for only three years. Became weather studio prior to the move to the BBC Weather Centre in 1990 (also in Television Centre), following which it was used by Children's BBC to supplement presentation from the 'Broom Cupboard', and was used for slots such as birthdays and public holidays. Became full-time home of Children's BBC in 1994 following the vacation of the 'Broom Cupboard'. It closed following CBBC's move to TC9.
Pres B[edit]
65 square metres (704 ft²)
Opened in 1964, designed for in-vision continuity for BBC 2, but that did not use in-vision continuity for more than a few months after launch. Became a general purpose studio housing small productions such as Points of View, the Film series with Barry Norman and The Old Grey Whistle Test. It closed in 1996.
News studios[edit]
In addition to these studios, BBC News used a number of studios for the frequent news bulletins. These studios have a different naming system owing to their permanent usage and were not included on most studio lists, as they were unavailable for hire.
- N1 – Previously BBC One daytime bulletins. Became TC10
- N2 – Previously BBC Two daytime bulletins. Became TC11
- N3 – Small studio off main newsroom, before being made part of newsroom, separated by glass panels.
- N4 – Studio, became part of the BBC Club bar
- N5 – Originally studio for BBC Arabic Television service, which closed in 1996. It was a storeroom until 2001 when it was used for the BBCi service, then from 2007 as a home for Click prior to its move to Broadcasting House in 2012.
- N6 – Formerly home to BBC News at One, BBC News at Ten and the BBC News channel.
- N7 – Name not used, to avoid confusion with TC7, which housed 'big' news programmes such as BBC Breakfast, Working Lunch, and Newsnight.
- N8 – Home to BBC World News prior to its move to Broadcasting House in 2013, and by the BBC News channel from 1999 to 2008. BBC News channel still used the studio to allow the BBC News at Ten to rehearse in N6 until 2013
- N9 – Home to BBC World News until 2008, used as a contingency when N6/N8 unavailable due to technical work and for election coverage
- N10 – Formerly used by BBC Three to produce 60 Seconds
In February 1996, the electricity and heating were transferred to a European Gas Turbines (EGT) 4.9MWe Typhoon gas turbine Combined Heating, Power and Cooling unit.[19] It included a 6MW Thermax air conditioning (cooling) vapour absorption machine (VAM). The £6m HVAC system reduced energy costs by 35%, and paid for itself within three years. A second turbine was added, without a second chimney. However, in 2008[20] the BBC admitted that the energy system was being used for emergency purposes only as it had become cost-ineffective to use full-time. Excess electricity produced at night has not been returned to the National Grid, as originally planned. In November 2003, the turbine's chimneys caught fire,[21] bringing TV output to a halt. After the fire the turbines were no longer used regularly.
Listed status[edit]
The development of the Westfield shopping centre nearby led to a sharp rise in property prices and placed the Television Centre under threat. In February 2008, with an amendment in November, English Heritage requested listed status for the scenery workshop, the canteen block adjoining the Blue Peter garden, and the central building.[22] Previously, under a longstanding deal between the BBC and English Heritage the building was not listed to allow the BBC to make changes necessary in a broadcasting centre.[citation needed] In return, if the BBC left it agreed that the fabric of the building would be restored to its mid-60s state, and English Heritage would list notable features.[23]
On 17 June 2009 the Central Ring of the building and Studio 1, noting in particular the John Piper mosaic, central drum with its mosaic tiles, the Huxley-Jones gilded statue of Helios, full-height glazing of the stair and original clock in the Central Ring, received Grade II listed status from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.[24] The 'atomic dots' and name of Studio 1, and the cantilevered porch on its exterior were noted as important architectural features of that building.[25] The Department did not consider the other buildings, including all other studios, scenery block and canteen of sufficient special interest to warrant listing.[25][26] Making the protection announcement, the architecture minister Barbara Follett noted that it was where Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers and Blue Peter first came to life: "It has been a torture chamber for politicians, and an endless source of first-class entertainment for the nation—sometimes both at the same time."[26]
Future uses[edit]
It was announced on 18 October 2007 that in order to meet a £2 billion shortfall in funding, the BBC intended to "reduce the size of the property portfolio in west London by selling BBC Television Centre by the end the financial year 2012/13",[27] with the then Director General, Mark Thompson, saying the plan would deliver "a smaller, but fitter, BBC" in the digital age.[28] A BBC spokeswoman has added that "this is a full scale disposal of BBC Television Centre and we won't be leasing it back".[29] The corporation officially put Television Centre on the property market in November 2011.[30][31]
BBC Sport and BBC Children's moved to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays in 2012,[32] with Children's Learning, Radio 5 Live[33] and part of BBC Future Media & Technology.[34] The move saw up to 1,500 posts at TV Centre and 700 posts at New Broadcasting House relocate to Salford Quays. BBC Breakfast, part of BBC News, moved to Salford in April 2012.[35][36]
On 16 July 2012, the BBC agreed to sell the site to Stanhope plc for £200 million.[37] The building closed on 31 March 2013 and will be redeveloped to include flats, office space, a cinema and hotels.[38] Studios 1, 2 and 3 along with part of the basement and offices will be refurbished and leased back to the BBC on a 15 year lease.[39] The BBC's commercial businesses, BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios and Post Production will lease back some office space in the part formerly occupied by BBC News.[40]
All BBC News, national radio and BBC World Service broadcasts were relocated to Broadcasting House between July 2012 and March 2013, which is said to include one of the largest live newsrooms in the world.[41] The final news broadcasts from Television Centre took place on 18 March 2013, when the BBC News channel and remaining news output completed the move to Broadcasting House. This was one of the final live broadcasts from the building.[42]
A 90-minute documentary titled Tales of Television Centre[43] was broadcast on BBC Four in 2012 ahead of the move out. On 22 March 2013, BBC Four devoted its evening schedule to programmes commemorating Television Centre. At the heart of the evening was Goodbye Television Centre a two-hour history presented by former BBC One controller and BBC chairman Michael Grade. The last live programme broadcast was Madness Live: Goodbye Television Centre, shown that day on BBC Four.
In March 2013, the BBC and Stanhope formed a joint venture, Television Centre Developments Ltd [1] to manage the redevelopment of the 14-acre site.[44] Only three of the eight production studios were earmarked for continued use by the BBC, with the rest being demolished for flats, and it was argued that this would leave insufficient facilities in the capital for independent television production, and a Save Television Centre Studios website [2] and petition [3] was set up.
In December 2013 Stanhope was granted planning permission from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. [4]
Major events[edit]
Terrorist target[edit]
On 4 March 2001, a bomb placed outside the news centre exploded, with no fatalities.[45] It was attributed to the Real IRA and the culprits were eventually caught. The front of the building suffered moderate damage, but was soon repaired.
Power failures[edit]
Television Centre has suffered from power cuts that affected normal broadcasting, but these were not seen as a systemic problem.[citation needed] One such power cut caused the launch night of BBC2, on 20 April 1964, to be cancelled; programmes began the next day.[46]
A large power failure occurred on 20 June 2000 at approximately 5pm, affecting the whole Television Centre resulting in services such as BBC Two and BBC Radio 4 coming off air, and BBC News 24 went off air before being relocated to the BBC's Westminster studios. The Six O'Clock News suffered severe lighting problems and had to be cancelled half way through, and the BBC's backup generator caught fire. Troubles were experienced in the South East region, as Newsroom South East started later than planned. The fire alarms went off at Television Centre later that day, leaving only a skeleton crew. Eventually many programmes returned, from different locations: Newsnight was presented from the main news studio with intermittent technical problems. The failure was due to a substation in Shepherd's Bush and normal services resumed the following day.[47]
Just before 8am on 28 November 2003 an electrical fault caused some equipment to overheat, which set off fire alarms.[21] Although there was no fire the fault caused widespread power cuts and prevented backup generators from providing alternative power. All output was affected with services transferred across London to alternative studios. The One O'Clock News and BBC News 24 broadcast for much of the day from the BBC's Millbank Studios,[21] and the Today programme and Five Live's Breakfast morning radio shows fell off air for 15 minutes.[21] The Millbank Studios are a fall-back for news operations in the event of TVC failure,[citation needed] and are continually recording the last hour of the BBC News Channel output (less in-vision clock) for this purpose.[citation needed] This power cut came on the week prior to the relaunch of News 24, which was postponed for another week to ensure that all problems had been remedied.[48]
Programmes have been interrupted by protesters gaining access to Television Centre. In 1988, a group of lesbian protestors campaigning against Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 gained access to the studio of the Six O'Clock News during a live broadcast.[49] Newsreader Sue Lawley continued with the broadcast, while co-presenter Nicholas Witchell tackled the intruders off-camera.[50]
On 30 May 2006 during the live broadcast of National Lottery: Jet Set the studio was invaded by members of the Fathers 4 Justice campaign group, causing the show to go briefly off air while the protesters were removed.[51]
For Question Time on 22 October 2009, the BBC invited the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, onto the programme for the first time causing heated public debate and strong protests outside the studios.[52] Television Centre had its security breached with around 30 anti-fascist protesters storming the reception area and several hundred protesters gathering outside. Police and security staff were forced to close gates leading into the Centre and form barriers to prevent any further breaches of security.[53]
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- ^ BBC - Spaces & Places: Television Centre - shaping the next chapter
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As long as we get new Pokemon, Sylveon's type, and at least one important detail in the game, I'll be happy.
As long as we get new Pokemon, Sylveon's type, and at least one important detail in the game, I'll be happy.
Really only expecting one new Pokemon. Not getting my hopes up for anything else.
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I hope we see some official art for the player characters. D8; I don't care about the region, or the Pokemon, or anything else at this point. All I want are player character information. Anything else that could possibly be announced this Sunday will just continue to drive me down a path of apathy towards Pokemon until October. "OTL I really want some official art.
Signature is a WIP for the moment.
For now, I have claimed: Mewtwo, Member's Card, Wide Lens, Honey Gather, and Psystrike.
I couldn't care less about the player characters' art, myself.
In the "real or not real" thread, I mentioned that the official English Facebook page posted something about the announcement that looks to be game related (and the movie hasn't been announced internationally yet).
It might be a new Pokémon unrelated to the rumors that have gone around in the past several days.
Sylveon was announced by Pokémon February 14th at 6:42 AM. I wonder if they'll announce this in America before Japan.
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I found a link to a countdown!
I was hoping it would of been revealed in America by now since Pokémon tweeted about it being announced tomorrow over 24 hours ago. I guess we have to wait for Smash.
This waiting for news is driving me insane. What time does Pokemon Smash generally air?
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Dannn, best of luck with this Chow. You mad.
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Hey Dan! Awesome chow as usual. Man, I could stare at your brushwork for hours.
Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out. Keep up the great work!
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ooo man you are troli kiking som ass haha det ser riktigt bra du får mig att börja måla serigöst i gän har inte målat och teknat regelbundet på över 7 månader =/ men fan det ska det ändring på =) den sista updateringen så har du 2 lika dana fast lite ändringar tycker den översta bilden av dom 2 är bätre i ansiktene på monstret och tjejen det endra jag skulle ha ändrat är ögonen som du gjort på den andra bilden jusat upp dem fast det är bara ajg men forsät med det awsom jobb!!! rock on
looking great man!
The amount of work you shell out is really impressive, and i really like how you have fun with things that appear in the background (like the mutant guys in the background in a previous chow, or the skulls you place around your characters
Love the brushwork and drawing on the last character! but if you have to put the two characters together i would have pushed their "relation" by making the girl more "reactive", with her feet up trying to push the orc dude away or something of the sort.
I also find the shields/spear cluster on the left a bit distracting from our main composition (maybe it could be bigger, but behind our characters to "frame" them?).
Really flattered by the comment man.The lines on that DGS look really good, and i love the composition of that.Maybe modulating the lineweight a bit more could have helped the viewer attention to focus on the more important parts of the pictures and add more depth and clarity.Anyway, really really good work all around! (i'm having a reeeeally hard time choosing what sketch i'd like to send you! )
Excellent posts! Ill be staying tunned!
Dude, that biomechanical stuff ist .... THA BOMB!
I love the shapes and the colour work on these designs ,.. really really great!
Keep it up!
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Thanks everyone - I'll just update with the back/front of the ChoW and then I need to get back to it
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I love your brush strokes and juicy rendering style, really nice! Wish I could render like this. Cheers for commenting on my sketchbook, and I'll see you in CHoW!
Man really digging the sketchbook, awesome stuff.
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Love the Orc. Thanks for all the process images, as well.
Looking for critique!
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wahh those lines... the chow looks like another bomb, in this last views he seems almost a good guy heheh ! and that claymore looks... deadly
Also great stuff you are doing for Wasted
dude, how are u able to pump out so much shiat? well done man, you have this awesome way of making you lines so freindly and inviting to look at, i lerrv it so hard!
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awwwe! this chow is looking AWESOME bro!! really love that latest wip, the actual one where hes holding the girl. that looks sooo sweet!! also, HUGE thanks for dropping by my thread, and making that super sexy linework pop for me! now i have to paint it....
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CHoW looking good so far. Great lines.
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HOT SEXY BEAST RRRRRROOOOAAAARRRRR XD that eye gouger is HAHA BROTHER YER AMAZING
It's always nice looking at your drawings and paintings. The flow in your strokes and figures makes it look like you enjoyed painting them. It's contagious :>. Really, really fun to look at.
(Is that the woman he's holding in the last update? ;P)
i love the creature cant belive you call it a fail
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haha chow is looking awesome!
dammm some sick works
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Yeah I do have fun when I paint most of the time, save bad days but ~
I agreed/agree with both and more or less removed the army in the back - and made her a bit more reactive all while also making her closer to pass out - should be less of a doll now and more of someone at the verge of loss.
Also with the lines - I was tired and should have fixed some, or plenty of the weights but skipped it - feel that I cheated it a bit, but I'll be more careful with it in the future (its rather slow for me since I rarely do lines)
& take your time ~ & thanks.
heh - tackar - ansiktet var mer för flödet i bilden - blev bättre om hon tittade mot orchen. & Entombed som bäst är riktigt grymma
Sexy strokes is the goal of it all ~ and thanks.
Yeah - wish I had more time to fix the eye before the deadline (my own fault starting late - but ~ I added metal claws to help it along a bit.
Well I explained it here - and its more about failing my vision opposed to other peoples criteria. & thanks for your vote of confidence
Glad I can inspire, and yes one of the motivations I have is to do pleasing brushwork - I get a bit annoyed with myself when ever I use the strokes in ugly fashions even if the result is fine (so I do it anyway but I don't like it).
She is sadly not the woman ~ it's actually from the heart concept (colours and idea etc)
The image that sold me on the direction and colour palette I wanted - left her, the root and the one tooth from the cat in as a homage of sorts.
Thanks - but mostly painting at the moment - and currently looking for work so it becomes even easier
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Wanted him to be a bit of a heroic orc - not a kind nice orc by far, but a hero to them - and have him crush his enemies and what human soldiers guard more than all, the women and the children.
& thanks - the sword worked better than I expected
& Wasted is nice - will try to do something for it today or tomorrow ~
Your word is law ~ so I left it in ~
I hope I could be a good host and proide a a hearty meal and not just tempt you then
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We render differently, but I think you render well, especially as of late - the ChoW you provided was great and seems to be trumping mine to which I can only congratulate you - was a fun match and was more motivating after than the two prior.
CHoW#255 :: Slightly tweaked to fix a few things I didn't have time to before the deadline (mostly removed the white cloth and some rendering - not all for the better. Was a good one - and I really enjoyed Brownings and Mr. Gadburys submissions ~
some ambience
The idea was around the destruction of beauty - and I didn't want a pus-ridden monstrosity but a heroic herald of doom, someone who would deeply enjoy it ~ so I had him destroy the guards of civilization, slay the cat (keep the tooth around his neck) and then strangle the girl ~ it was a bit meta, especially since I didn't post the heart-concept (seen above under the comment to Saara).
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What a cutie
Great strokes man!
Sometime I will kick your ass in chow =D
As always amazing work. Sketch was good looking but You know, sketchy, painting is awesome. Totally love his expression :D I've got weakness for giant swords, voted for You. My only complaints are a bit too long shoe and imho left ear shouldn't be visible(?). Also next time moar blood!
Holy Jesus. Awesome. Well done.
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The new piece looks cool! I think it's a nice piece overall.
But I also feel like there's some issues with it. The biggest problem I have it is the huge difference with the goblin and the girl. The goblin is easy to look at because a lot of edges gets lost in the cape. You have some variation there, not completely enough but there are some variation. But when you look over at the girl, every edge is super sharp and she kinda looks out of place.
Think of it as in real life, there aren't really any edges, just separations of value. A dark value close to a light value creates an edge. Use this thing to your advantage. You don't have to sharpen up the silhouette all over the place. I think it's nice when you loose edges in the background (such as the goblins leg, etc) and you could push that with the girl too to unify this image more because right now it feels like they are just pasted in there.
Look at that Frazetta piece. He doesn't really push the edges this much, because he doesn't have to, his edges are still pretty sharp even though his strokes aren't super defined. This is because of what I mentioned with value. The background is very bright and the character is darker than the background which creates an edge because of the big huge difference. This is something you need to take into consideration.
I also think the goblin might be a little bit too contrasty on the chest. But that might just be me.
But like I said, overall this is a really nice piece. I really like the design of the goblin and the youthful face he has, you don't usually see this. I like the looseness of the background as well, it describes only what needs to be described and you did that really well.
Keep up the good work and I hope my words can be used for something positive.
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Joker Phillips must feel that he's being trailed by a black cloud these days. Two plays into Saturday night's game with South Carolina, quarterback Maxwell Smith — who Kentucky had built its up-tempo, passing game around — went down with an ankle injury. Today, the severity of that injury was learned.
According to The Lexington Herald-Leader, Phillips said Smith (pictured at left) is out indefinitely after tearing a ligament in his left ankle. Surgery will obviously be required.
On the bright side — at least for fans — they'll be able to see "the next Tim Couch" in action on Saturday against Mississippi State. In addition to true freshman signal-caller Jalen Whitlow who went in for Smith in UK's 38-17 loss to Carolina, true freshman Patrick Towles will see action. Phillips said, "They'll both play."
As we noted last week, Towles was going to redshirt this season, even though fans, Towles and Towles' father — who went to the press with his concerns — wanted to see what the Bluegrass State's former Mr. Football could do.
On Saturday, everyone will find out. And Phillips will hope all of the "next Couch" hype turns out to be true.


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Handstitched Leather Razor Sheath
Leather razor sheath to fit most safety razors. (Probably all). Hand cut, hand conditioned with beeswax and hand stitched using a heavy thread. Made by a leather lover in Minnesota. (
Designed for the dignified wet shaver who tends to keep their safety razor on the edge of the sink, or tossed in a Dopp Kit, the razor sheath keeps the blade from developing rust from exposure to air, and protects the blade if the razor should get knocked to the floor.
The leather used for this particular sheath is no run of the mill stuff. It comes from the highest graded areas of reserve leather sides from a 130 year old Midwestern tannery that utilizes unbranded male cattle hides raised by American ranchers – a type of leather available in less than 1% of all available hides.
Each leather piece begins with salt-cured full-grain vegetable tanned cattle hide, organically treated in the absence of artificial colors or chemicals. The leather is then soaked in tanning liquor derived from oak bark for six weeks and then dried for several days. This process yields leather that, while extremely durable, and because of collagen that darkens when exposed to sunlight, will develop a rich caramel patina with age.
Each article is then hand cut, hand conditioned with beeswax and hand stitched using a heavy thread.
Use & Care
Because of the natural quality of the leather, natural markings are to be expected, and an occasional range scar.
The sheath shouldn't require much care because of its natural properties, but if you want to shine it up, apply a little leather oil to restore luster.
Production & Design
The manufacturer developed his appreciation for vegetable-tanned leather more than 25 years ago with the creation of a case for hair shears.
Raised in Northern Minnesota and today based in Cottage Grove Wisconsin, he is a classically trained barber turned leather artisan who subscribes to the credo "pure leather done simply.
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WEIRTON - Assure America, Weirton, has been named a recipient of the 2012 Spirit Award for performance excellence through innovation, process improvement and visionary leadership through the Partnership for Excellence, a performance excellence and rewards program for Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia that uses the internationally-recognized Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.
TPE's primary product is a comprehensive assessment that helps organizational leaders better understand and prioritize key strengths and opportunities for improvement. While the assessment is the foundation, TPE's main focus is on organizational learning, resource optimization and continuous improvement.
The award is presented to organizations that complete the five-page organizational profile as the first step in their Baldrige Journey. This is the level for organizations new to the Baldrige program and just getting started.
Two coaches from the TPE Board of Examiners work with the leadership team during a four-hour workshop and further explain the Baldrige criteria and organizational profile in detail. Next, leaders develop a five-page organizational profile highlighting what is important to the organization. As the first part of the criteria, the profile provides a snapshot of an organization. It is divided into two items: the first asks about the organization's key characteristics and the second addresses its strategic situation. The profile sets the context for the way an organization operates including its strategic environment, key working relationships, competitive environment, strategic challenges and advantages and performance improvement system. It serves as a guide for the organizational performance management system.
The mission of TPE is to cultivate performance excellence and continuous improvement among business, education, government, health care and nonprofit organizations based in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. By providing a framework for performance excellence through the Baldrige Criteria, organizations have a greater focus on customers, process management, work systems and organizationwide results. These organizations typically see lower costs, improved productivity and increases in employee and customer satisfaction.


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Bobbie Mae 13-081
Meet Miss Bobbie Mae. She is a black and white parti-color Cocker senior about 10 years old, acting younger than she is stated to be, who is living her golden years anticipating more time to enjoy God's green earth with a loving family. She was originally brought to RMCR as a stray by animal control in Kansas.
Bobbie Mae is beautiful, adorable and loving. She has low vision but gets around happily and easily with just a few stumbling points in new places. Her right eye has a cataract and left eye has a tilted lens but causes no pressure or pain. She will need eye pressure checks every 4-6 months. Bobbie Mae walks well on a leash, knows basic obedience, is both house & crate trained and travels well. She is a social dog but sometimes doesn't want other dogs to bother her so she will let them know with a snarl and perhaps a tangle. She seems to do best with other submissive dogs rather than alpha dogs.
Bobbie Mae would do best in a home without a lot of doggie commotion. She has had consistent vet care for the past two years as far as we know. She has done well with children.
Update on Bobbie Mae from her Foster Family
Bobbie Mae is the sweetest, most loving and caring bundle of love anyone could ever hope to be fortunate enough to adopt.
She has a special quality that is unseen but not untouched. Take one look beyond her beautiful face and you will find her special quality: a heart full of precious love. Bobbie Mae adjusted very well to her foster family. She gets along with her four-legged foster brothers and sister. Bobbie's heart has opened to her two-legged foster sister.
Bobbie Mae enjoys running and playing ball either alone or with her foster sister. She loves to take walks and watch the goats and chickens play. She is the type of companion that would give someone a loving pet that would cherish for a lifetime. The right family will find that upon adoption, Bobbie Mae is a child in a fur coat. This loving ball of fur will make someone a very loving, devoted and loyal companion who will return the love her family gives several times over.
Bobbie Mae is micro-chipped, spayed and up-to-date on her shots. If you would like to adopt Bobbie Mae, please fill out an online adoption application. Bobbie Mae's adoption fee is $150


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Beretta Quick Wicking Tactical Sport Cap
For the Best Fit…please use the following charts to determine your size when ordering.
Clothing Size Measurements (Measure your body)
Neck (men): Wrap tape around to the base of your neck in the front and allow extra room for comfort, or measure the collar length of your favorite shirt.
Chest/Breast: Wrap a tape measure evenly around the fullest part under the arms.
Waist: Wrap tape around your natural waistline, or where you actually wear your pants.
Hip: Standing with your feet together, measure around the fullest part of your hip (approximately 7-8 "below the waist). Don't forget to keep tape level.
Inseam: Best taken from a pair of your own pants which you like length of when wearing. Measure along the garment inseam from the crotch seam to the hem.
Sleeve length: From center back of your neck with your arm slightly bent, follow the tape around to your wrist bone.
Shoulders: Wearing a shirt, measure from one seam to the other crossing the shoulders.
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Great hat-I got it primarily to use in IDPA when using my 92D. I've used it in several matches, including our State match in the summer. To make it more "tactical" (and comfortable) I removed the button at the top-much better now when using with hearing protectors.
I bought this hat two weeks ago and enjoy wearing it. The material is comfortable stylish and makes all those plastic pistols jealous when I'm shooting USPSA.


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Reported predatory wildlife interactions - Web site posting.
The department shall post on its internet web site all reported predatory wildlife interactions, including reported human safety confrontations or sightings as well as the known details of reported depredations by predatory wildlife on humans, pets, or livestock, within ten days of receiving the report. The posted material must include, but is not limited to, the location and time, the known details, and a running summary of such reported interactions by identified species and interaction type within each affected county. For the purposes of this section and RCW 42.56.430, "predatory wildlife" means grizzly bears, wolves, and cougars.
This information on dangerous wildlife incidents is taken from reports from citizens made to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Program. Dangerous Wildlife incidents that were not reported will not be on the list. Multiple reports from citizens on the same encounter are recorded as one incident. Multiple reports that are very close in time and geographic location may be recorded as one incident. Not all reported dangerous wildlife incidents are verifiable.
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If these 15 celebrities ever need to find a side job, there's one we know they're capable of, if you know what we mean. We mean they are also amateur porn stars.
Some of these stars were famous well before they ventured into amateur porn.
Others are famous simply because of amateur porn (cough ... Kim Kardshian).
Others still try to front like their semi-pro porn is amateur (Farrah Abraham).
All are members of an exclusive club, however. A very dirty, exclusive club.
So whose celebrity sex tapes are totally hot? Whose are totally not? Which are all-time classics and which would you just as soon forget ever existed at all?
Okay, don't answer that last one. But for the previous three questions, it all depends who, and what, you're into and on your personal definition of "hot."
You be the judge, people. You be the judge. Now click away:
1. Kendra Wilkinson
Before Hugh Hefner and before Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson got freaky on video with an old boyfriend. And she's got a real talent for rodeo.
3. Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton was Kim Kardashian before Kim Kardashian was Kim Kardashian. In other words, she got famous from a guy doing her on camera. She and Kim were also friends once!
4. Farrah Abraham
Okay, there's nothing amateur about getting paid by a porn company to shoot an X-rated video called Backdoor Teen Mom. But she's far from a pro when it comes to everything else.
5. Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson's sex tape was one of the first, and most infamous. And hardest core.
6. Octomom
Octomom: Home Alone was the self-pleasure hit of 2012. It may be more pleasurable to hit yourself in the head with a 2x4, but so be it.
7. Hulk Hogan
The Hulk Hogan sex tape with Heather Clem supposedly left him feeling betrayed. He felt incredibly exposed ... literally and otherwise.
9. Tami Erin
Tami Erin put the schlong in Pippi Longstocking. Wait, that doesn't make any sense. Whatever.
10. Leighton Meester
An old Leighton Meester sex tape rocked the web a few years back. She has talented feet.
11. Mindy McCready
Mindy McCready's sex tape was called Baseball Mistress because she had an affair with MLB star Roger Clemens, who was not on the sex tape at all. Some other dude hit it then. That's just funny.
13. Joe Francis
Girls Gone Wild kingpin Joe Francis was also a sex tape star in his own right, although he kept it from the public ... thank goodness.
14. Myla Sinanaj
Myla Sinanaj, the girl Kris Humphries dated after Kim Kardashian dumped him, billed herself as the anti-Kim K. Ironic, since she is kind of obsessed with Kim K.
15. John Edwards
A John Edwards-Rielle Hunter sex tape actually existed, a fun (we guess) side note to the sad, shocking sex scandal that torpedoed his career.


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One of the most prominent Pokemon in competitive play, Zapdos has an extremely good stat distribution. It doesn't have any outstandingly bad stats; in fact, it packs a great base 125 Special Attack, which enables it to dent even Snorlax. More defensively, it can stall out Blissey most of the time with RestTalk, as well as absorb status and hence counter Water-types, especially Milotic. It's also one of the greatest Baton Pass users of all time thanks to its ability to shut down the main phazers. All in all, Zapdos can be a great aid to just about any team.
This Zapdos variant is the most durable; it can take hits and status from a ton of Pokemon, including Gengar, Metagross, and all Water-types; reliable recovery and ability to cure status also lets it stall out Blissey one-on-one. Despite its defensive slant, this Zapdos can still pack a punch and scare off the threats it normally does.
The EV spread is relatively simple: 32 Defense EVs make sure that Zapdos survives Salamence's Choice Band Rock Slide, even with sandstorm damage. The rest is put into HP and Special Defense in order to take Ice Beams from various bulky Water-types and to be able to switch in on Gengar's Ice Punch.
Zapdos is one of the best Baton Pass users in the game. STAB Thunderbolt dents Skarmory, Weezing, and Suicune and prevents them from standing in Zapdos's way, while Roar Swampert will have to eat a super effective Hidden Power. This Zapdos is great in tandem with Marowak, who can set up a Swords Dance, and Metagross, who resists both of Zapdos's weaknesses: Ice- and Rock-type attacks. Both Pokemon love an Agility being passed to them and can also work well under a Substitute. Tyranitar is another great option, loving the protection Substitute gives while being able to keep the Substitute intact against attacks from Snorlax and unboosted Ice Beams. If you think Zapdos can get away with only Thunderbolt as its only attacking move, it can run both Agility and Substitute.
The listed Speed investment enables Zapdos to outspeed neutral-natured base 100 Speed Pokemon, allowing it to threaten them with a STAB Thunderbolt, making Zapdos a threat by itself.
Mixed Zapdos gets the job done fairly well too. Drill Peck is a constant nuisance to one of Zapdos's most common switch-ins: Celebi. Superbi is 2HKOed, while more defensive Celebi are forced to Recover after switching into Drill Peck. Spikes support will force Celebi to Recover constantly whenever it switches into Zapdos. Drill Peck is also Zapdos's strongest option against Blissey and Flygon, being able to force them to tread carefully or even switch out of Zapdos. Substitute is the main option for the last move, as it allows Zapdos to scout the opponent's switch-in; Thunder Wave is effective to try to break through defensive walls. It also is a viable option for severely hindering Raikou switching in.
216 Attack EVs are used to nab a guaranteed 3HKO on more defensive variants of Celebi. With Zapdos's resistances to Megahorn and Focus Punch, it can be a makeshift switch-in to Heracross. To avoid being 2HKOed, 136 Speed EVs are used to outspeed Heracross so Drill Peck can KO it before it moves. It also allows Zapdos to handle Modest max Speed Suicune. Speed can be sacrificed for bulk if you think it's needed, but Zapdos will already survive two Hidden Power Flyings from Choice Band Salamence with a Defense-lowering nature.
Other Options
Choice Band Zapdos can threaten Celebi and Blissey with Drill Peck and keep Steel-types at bay. Metal Sound is a great option, forcing switches and allowing Zapdos to beat Snorlax and defensive Celebi. Light Screen can be used to keep Gengar, Water-types, and Celebi in check. Thunder Wave and Toxic are useful status moves; the former can be used as a general nuisance, while the latter can be used to wear down Ground-types like Claydol, Swampert, and Flygon. Thunder has a 30% paralysis chance and helps wear down Snorlax quickly; it's most useful on the Sleep Talk set.
Checks and Counters
Blissey, Snorlax, and Regice do not take much damage from Thunderbolt, but Zapdos can stall out Blissey if it has Rest. Jolteon can switch into Thunderbolts easily thanks to Volt Absorb and can threaten Zapdos with a Thunderbolt of its own or Roar it out. Raikou doesn't have Volt Absorb, but it can switch in easily with its excellent Special Defense, set up with Substitute and Calm Mind, and finally hit Zapdos with a boosted STAB Thunderbolt.
Venusaur can take on Zapdos nicely with its resistance to Thunderbolt, but it needs to be wary of Drill Peck and Hidden Power Ice. With Synthesis, Venusaur only has to worry about Drill Peck. Celebi does the same but to a better extent with Recover and more HP, as well as Calm Mind; Cradily even has a super effective Rock Slide to work with. Swampert can counter Zapdos that lack Hidden Power Grass, but again, it is troubled by Rest variants. As most Zapdos only have Hidden Power Grass, Flygon is a safe switch-in that can deal heavy damage with Rock Slide; do still be on the watch for Hidden Power Ice variants, though.


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I have been really in to making soups lately, maybe because of the rainy days… It makes you want to curl up in your favorite sweats and watch a movie with a hot bowl of soup.
This was really easy, and was the best soup I have ever had on a lazy Sunday.
First I peeled and cubed 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes.
I then chopped up 5 garlic cloves, 1 large shallot and 1 leek (white and light green part only. Discard the dark green part of the leek).
Heat up a pan over medium heat and add 8-12 pieces of bacon, diced into small chunks. I used 1 package of Trader Joe's Apple-wood smoked bacon.
Cook until browned, and than transfer to a paper towel to get rid of excess grease.
Back to your bacon pan, there should only be about a tablespoon of bacon grease left, if there is a huge amount more than this, pour it out, leaving 1-2 tablespoons. Over medium heat, add to the grease, 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter (grass-fed preferable). Once melted add your garlic, shallots, and leeks, along with a pinch of sea salt and 4-5 turns on the cracked pepper mill (or to taste). You don't want to add more salt than this because the bacon is salty. You don't want your soup to taste like a salt lick. You can always add more to the finished product.
Turn the heat up to medium-high and let that saute until the butter and grease is bubbling and the leeks have become tender and your kitchen smells amazing, 4-6 minutes.
Transfer the sweet potato chunks to your favorite stock pot or soup pan, top with the bacon, and pour in your whole pan of sauteed leeks, shallots, and garlic. Don't leave behind any of that buttered bacon grease!
You want to add enough chicken stock to cover the sweet potatoes. If you don't have time and/or are simply too lazy to make your own stock, just buy a couple boxes. I used an organic gluten free chicken stock that I buy at Costco. Always check your chicken stock to see if it is gluten free, sometimes it is NOT. And you wouldn't want to ruin a whole batch of delicious soup!
I ended up using 1 whole box plus about a cup of chicken stock in order to nicely cover all the goods. Use a big spoon to stir it all up!
Cover and turn up the heat, bringing your soup to a boil.
Once it is boiling, turn the heat down to simmer and mix in 2 cups of heavy whipping cream.
Let your soup simmer for 30 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally.
Pour half of your soup into a blender. The chunks may sink to the bottom, so make sure you aren't pouring liquid only.
I used a large strainer spoon and scooped what I figured to be roughly half of the goods and half of the liquid in to the blender.
I left half of the goods in the soup because I wanted the soup to be chunky. If you want the soup to be more pureed, or like a bisque, you could blend the whole batch, or use an immersion blender. I like the idea of having a smooth creamy soup with some delicious bites in between.
Blend until creamy and then pour back into your soup pot.
Mix it all up and it is ready to serve!
To me, the good thing about blending only some of the soup is that it allows for some versatility in your eating. If you feel like a cup of creamy bisque like deliciousness, just skim off the top. Otherwise ladle in some of the creaminess and add a big spoonful of chunkiness and you have a mighty fine bowl of amazing.
*While some folks who are Paleo include heavy whipping cream and grassfed butter in their cooking, some do not. To make this soup go from PRIMAL to PALEO, simply do not add butter (add a touch more bacon grease), and eliminate the heavy whipping cream.


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Menu Description
Guests can enjoy fresh house-made pasta, risotto, fresh fish and meat offerings along with Italian desserts and a selection of gelato. Al Dente also showcases Neapolitan pizza from the restaurant's centerpiece oven.
Executive Chef Roberto Donna
Washington's most famous Italian chef going back to 1984, Roberto Donna is a James Beard winner and twice DC "Chef of the Year". Owner of some 20 restaurants over the years, he is best known for his award-winning Galileo restaurants and I Matti, a ground-breaking trattoria in 1980's Adams Morgan. From Torino (Turin) in Northern Italy, Chef Donna's current cuisine spans Southern and all regions of his beloved country.
Wine List
A boutique selection mostly Italian and also wines of other origins are available by the bottle along with various selections of wines by the glass. Prices range from $6 to $20 by the glass and $30 to $100 by the bottle. Additionally, eight draft beers are also available.
Eric Felten, the James Beard Foundation award-winning wine and spirits writer and author of How's Your Drink? Cocktails, Culture and the Art of Drinking Well, created the cocktail list at Al Dente. This is the first time Felton has created a slate of original cocktails for a restaurant, and has done so because of his friendship with Owner Hakan Ilhan. Guests can anticipate a mix of Italian classics such as The Negroni and The Americano, as well as obscure classics with a great Washington angle such as The Fanciulli. Four original cocktails devised using distinctively Italian spirits, liqueurs and wines are also available.
Al Dente can accommodate up to 116-seated guests in the main dining room; 12 seats at the bar; 12 seats around the pizza oven and eight seats in the open exhibition kitchen complete with dining bar. An outdoor patio is also available during the spring and summer months (weather permitting) with seating for 30.
Matt Norris, of Norris Design in Atlanta, is responsible for transforming the 3,150-square-foot space into a modern, urban Italian trattoria like those found in Rome or Milan. Upon entering the restaurant, guests will note the stacked wood on steel shelving used in the restaurant's pizza oven. The exhibition kitchen is set apart from the main dining room by a sculptural wall of orange panels providing a nice transition while allowing diners to see the action in the open kitchen. Rustic steel is also used to create wine racks at the bar. The focal point of the restaurant is the 800-pound pizza oven, set off with black and white tiles. Carefully chosen materials such as custom Juno lighting, black chandeliers, charcoal dining tables with highly polished orange chairs from Italy, concrete countertops with fixed stools and stone accent wall complete the sleek space and create the Ferrari-like interior.
Caara Stoney is an Atlanta-based artist who created the 11-foot tall art insulations of the Mona Lisa and Leonardo portraits within the restaurant.
Owner/Operator: Hakan Ilhan
Executive Chef: Roberto Donna
Managers: Karen Audia Shannon and Batuhan Sen


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Cellar/Tasting Notes "It's rare for me to give a generic Chablis an outstanding rating, but it's interesting to note that this vineyard was classified premier cru prior to 1914. Certainly, some serious terroir exists, as evidenced by this wine. Bottled unfiltered, this elegant wine displays notes of white currants,..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "This also offers ample Chablis character with plenty of citrus influence on the aromas of classic green fruit, sea breeze and saline. There is impressive concentration to the rich but attractively vibrant flavors that enjoy excellent volume and an abundance of acid buffering dry extract. There..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2012 Chablis Vaucoupin is an addition to the Servin range. And what an addition it is. Smoke, graphite and all sorts of soil-inflected nuances blossom in the glass in this deeply expressive, resonant Chablis. A wonderfully layered and harmonious wine, the Vaucoupin is easily one of the..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Fresh, clean flavors of spring blossom, pastry, lemon curd and ginger zing along on a creamy texture in this balanced Champagne, followed by a juicy, mouthwatering finish."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Sniff it and you sense the complexity, definition and elegance. Good, tiny bubbles stream up steadily, bringing notes of chalk, candied fruit and caramel. In the mouth, it fills out across the palate with mixed flavors that show stone fruits, caramel and oily, slightly buttery nuts. Very..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Like fine china, this offers delicacy paired with structure, showing lovely integration of the mouthwatering acidity and layered notes of yellow peach, candied lemon zest, blood orange and mineral. Features a lingering, spiced finish."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Here too there is ample Chablis character on the green fruit, mineral reduction, iodine and tidal pool aromas. The medium weight flavors are a pretty combination of power and focus with the same good underlying tension and minerality found in the Montmains, all wrapped in a balanced and notably..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "There are similar elements on the nose here with that of the Butteaux though in this case there is a more pronounced citrus character. I very much like the intensity and detail of the mineral-driven, chiseled and overtly austere medium-bodied flavors that possess a borderline salty finish. This is..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Round and supple, with excellent cut. The apple, peach and lemon flavors start out matched to a rich texture, dovetailing to a point as the finish stretches out.."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A very pretty combination of spice, mineral reduction, citrus blossom and ocean breeze leads to impressive rich and round flavors that possess a seductive texture. There is fine depth and length and while this is less intense than the Séchets, it's finer. This too is worth considering."


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The Class 1-3A state meet will be held at Selma Memorial Stadium. Class 4-6A will take place at Gulf Shores Municipal Track. Both events are scheduled to take place May 3-4.
For Pleasant Valley, those who qualified with great performances at Sectionals are:
Matthew Bonds: Who was named 2A Section 3 MVP- Won the 3200, 1600, 800.
Boys 4X800 Team won 1st place (Todd Kirk, Matt Bonds, Quinton Thornton, Nick Robbins).
Todd Kirk: 2nd 1600, and 3rd in 3200.
Quinton Thornton 5th 3200.
Boys 4X400 team (Lucas Ford, Ben Carter, Nick Robbins, Tucker Vernon).
Ethan Lambert 4th in Discus.
Austin Tate 2nd in high jump and 3rd in long jump.
Rachel Faucett 3rd in 1600, and 3rd in 3200.
Destiny Parker 2nd in discus.
Jordan Alford 3rd in discus.
The Golden Eagles who qualified for state and their events are:
Jazzmyn McLendon - 100, 100H, 4X100; Tatiyana Thomas - 4X100; Kelsey Ervin - 4X100; Essence Byars - 4X100; Elizabeth Keefer – 1600;
Rebecca Hearn – 3200; Malieah Patterson - 300H
Ben Pryor - 800, 1600, 3200; Alex Rowan – Discus; Reid Hobbs – Javelin
JHS also might be sending a wildcard team to the meet. The state will look at the times of each section in 4A and will allow one team from each event to go as a wildcard. JHS is in consideration for the 4x400.
Each JHS team placed 7th at Sectionals.


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Mark the dawn of a new era with the Eastern Sun C'Book wallet from Rip Curl. This buttery-soft, faux leather wallet features stud detail on the front with subtle engraved branding, multiple card slots, three clear windows, a zippered pocket for change and multiple money slots. You'll never lack space!
- 100% Polyurethane construction
- Rip Curl faux leather wallet
- Metal stud detail
- Rip Curl engraving
- Snap button closure
- Three clear windows
- Multiple card slots
- Zippered coin pocket
- Money slots
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